What do people mean by "level"?

[Celedor]

This may be a silly question. But I'm new at this game, so there will likely be more to follow :) (and I usually avoid the wiki, I don't want spoilers)

I've seen people in chat and on this forum talk about a person's level. What is meant by that? I didn't think we had "levels". I couldn't find it, at least.

Are people referring to the endurance skill or a combat skill level or something?

[Asashoryu]

New myself, but I'm pretty sure it's referring to the levels of the two skills you have active at any given time.

Coming off newbie island 5/4 sword/unarmed, for instance. Or hearing that 'level' 30 is a good level to start grouping in a given dungeon and knowing you should be ok at 31/29 cow/psychology.

Edit: In the context of item levels, it's similar. An item will have a skill item level requirement (say, 30/30 Fire Magic/Animal Handling) and that would be the item's level (30).

[Celedor]

OK thanks. Figured it was something like that.